Attorney Profile

Steven E. Pegalis

Steven Pegalis

Pegalis & Erickson, LLC
One Hollow Lane, Suite 107
Lake Success, NY 11042
Contact Contact Steven E. Pegalis
T: 516-684-2900
F: 516-684-2939

Visit: www.pegalisanderickson.com
Practice areas: Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice (100%)
Law School: New York Law School

Selected to:

New York Super Lawyers 2009 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2008 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2007 - Metro

About Steven Pegalis

Admitted: 1966, New York

Professional Webpage: www.pegalisanderickson.com/pegalis.html

Honors and Awards: New York Law School Lifetime Commitment Award, 2007, Stanley Lamm Institute for Child Neurology and Occupational Medicine Community Service Award, 2003
Bar/Professional Activity: New York State Bar, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, American Board of Trial Advocacy, American Association for Justice, the National Board of Trial Advocacy, New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: author of American Law of Medical Malpractice, Vols. I, II and III now in its 3rd edition 
Verdicts and Settlements: In 1998, achieved the highest medical malpractice verdict for a brain injured child in the amount of $116 million, the second highest malpractice verdict in the country at the time.  In 2004, a $111.7 million verdict for a brain injured child which was at the time the highest medical malpractice verdict in both Nassau and Suffolk Counties in New York and the fourth highest malpractice verdict in the State as well as the fifth highest nationally.  In 2001, he won a $35 million verdict for another brain injured child.  That verdict was the seventh highest medical malpractice jury verdict for the year  
Educational Background: LLB, New York Law School, undergrad Queens College of the City of New York
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